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swarthy
[ swawr-thee, -thee ]
adjective
- (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
swarthy
/ ˈ²õ·ÉÉ”Ëðɪ /
adjective
- dark-hued or dark-complexioned
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ·É²¹°ù³Ù³ó¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
- ˈ²õ·É²¹°ù³Ù³ó¾±±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ·É²¹°ù³Ù³ó·¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of swarthy1
Example Sentences
The best reason to watch it is Jude Law’s swarthily entertaining performance as Henry at his vilest, with state-of-the-art support from a horrifically pus-leaking, maggot-ridden leg wound.
Among the thousands flocking to the city was a “short, scrappy and swarthy†Philadelphia artist born Emmanuel Radnitzky, “a pure product of immigrant America†in both his ambition and taste for self-reinvention.
While these sensational tales depict the abortionist as swarthy and ugly, the women they harm reflect 19th-century Anglo-American feminine ideals.
Not by accident, the sculpture’s glorious St. Michael is a rosy-cheeked, whiter-than-white European, while the subjugated devil bears dark, swarthy, mustachioed features of a grimacing Indian.
He knew Lem Harvey—a huge fellow with hulking shoulders and a sullen, swarthy face.
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